Sailor Stranded Alone on Abandoned Ship for Four Years Finally Freed
On 4/23/21 at 11:04 AM EDT
After a long four years stranded at sea in an abandoned ship on the Suez Canal, a sailor was finally cleared to leave and go home.
Syrian sailor Mohammed Aisha was permitted to leave his "cursed" ship after spending nearly four years alone in squalor just off the Egyptian coast.
According to a report from the BBC, Aisha boarded the MV Aman in May 2017 and was promptly named chief officer of the vessel. Two months later, however, his voyage went awry when Egyptian port authorities detained the cargo ship because its safety equipment had expired.